British dental surgery and the First World War: The treatment of facial and jaw injuries from the battlefield to the home front

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When Britain went to war in 1914, the British Expeditionary Force was deployed without a single dentist. Initially considered combatants, the only dental professionals who could serve at the Front were medically qualified dental surgeons in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In treating the traumatic facial and jaw injuries caused by trench warfare, the dental surgeons of this era earned their place on specialist surgical teams and established the principles of oral and maxillofacial surgery. This article will examine the contribution of specialist dental surgeons to the management of facial and jaw wounds in the First World War along the chain of evacuation from the battlefield to the home front, using illustrative examples from the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBritish Dental Journal
Vol/bind217
Udgave nummer10
Sider (fra-til)597-600
Antal sider4
ISSN0007-0610
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 jan. 2014
Eksternt udgivetJa

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